Education:

• Certification in Basic and Advanced Life Support Systems including cardioversion
• Hospital-based Externship in Optometry
  V.A. Westside Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
• Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, Illinois
  Degree: O.D., May, 1986
• Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
  Fall 1977 - Spring 1981
• Unionville-Sebewaing Area High School, Unionville, Michigan
  Diploma with Honors, 1977

Work Experience:

• KIRK EYE CENTER, June, 1991 to present

Clinical Experience:

• 15 years clinical experience in all areas of Optometry including Board Certification in Recognition Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Diseases
• Staff Optometrist at Rush Presbyterian Hospital
  Specializing in Primary Care and contact lenses.
  Duties also include teaching physiological optics, refraction and contact lenses to residents.
• Optometric Residency at the V.A. Westside Medical Center,
  Chicago, Illinois
• Ophthalmic Technician
  Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
• Little City Eye Clinic, Palatine, Illinois

Research Experience:

• Primary investigator corneal ablation study 2000-2001
• Co-investigator in LASIK retreatment study 1999-2000
• Ocular and Hemispheric Dominance Study
• Illinois college of Optometry, 1986

Activities:

• Illinois College of Optometry faculty preceptor in pathology based externship at Kirk Eye Center 2000 – present.
• Member, American Optometric Association,
• Illinois Optometric Association

Honors / Awards

• Who’s Who in American Colleges and University, 1979
• Dean’s List, Central Michigan University, 1978, 1979, 1980